Comb-cleaner.



.I. G. GLOECKLER.

COMB CLEANER.

APPLICATION men SEPT. 12. 1916. v

Patented news, 1917.

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NV NTOH ATTORNEY WITNESSES e GI' QECKIe i weq w eww all ztmay concern i,1 i Be'tlmown that I, J0HN G. GLOECKLIQIR, 1 V a ;c1t1 zen; ofthe-UmtedStatee of America,

, residing at New 'York city, borongh. iof Brooklyn,. in the county ofKings and State 7 .01: =.Ne\v- York, .have invented-certain {new anduseful, Improvementslin Con1bEClean'-- ersQofwhichthefollowing is aspecification. f i t This invention has special reference? to impro me'i Q 1t :dev e andi more 7 particularly to an improvedcomb cleaner.-v

particular object :of the. invention is to Pro i e a d i e. fi. ml. d:nov llcqer o Q1 the like,. -and :whiclrvarioi szty pes of comb scan-becleanedof dirt and greas'e'from between the teeth thereof;; ;tl1ereby;insuring Wil e m1 ;a s nita y .0.1 N

( that the comb gd ition at all times; I

A- lr herbbbj ofh ginventi is o provide an improved comb, cleanerlvvhichlncludes Ja trey ha vinghsuitable; uprights thereon for supporting aseries ofj tensioned Wires disposed in crossed relation so as to varythe. distances between the Wires to. ac commoda-teyand permit thorougheleaningof fin cJQ b or c mb of. med m r; oa

teeth formation, suitable means being -proi ea ir s .fl r ctiee lnd ra gnt Qtnerts W iQ W uh Q more f yad scn e o nev nao r n -tea f t with paisu ar ty th rcl im oappi eded here o-:2 I a leier ee. had t ea e ipa iii .eer-respendin mee hr i heiit; s ve views endMh e I re; ik'P -if fiiite v: 1 e evat n a :COMB-CLEANER; I

4;; 'Ysp ecification of IlettersPatenfi 'strnction, as well as: onewhich. will serve as 1 e ipra a n .f orn m tolajdi ser' ride d fortensioning theires or v cleaning .nair ng t ciini i a pa teoi a h fiapplicationg'in which like pharacters 'ndicate the by' n( tching,receslsfing',,gro'ovi' gror thread I I i i gl f il ll hlt ll i12 6113lQn lll$9 a 1 r I 1 .d e e slhpls i nee e tie a'nlur fiylefdeem x tenor;str nde 'l l 51:9 nd -a dispe e l nei wmssed t o. f 211 h a nt r n ;aegp ie ebl madeeep9fo :==1T ig. .4; is a' frag nentary sectional Jvievva n onithe nQIVTI-V :OfJfig: -.l. V illustrated in :the drawings-, theim- 1 time i A 1 1n 'sectlon and ,yvith thehrush: reinoved and provedcomb, cleaner includes a, base 5 in the formq tray I'PM i eur ounding j"flan po t 6 .7 hich; is t ne ,up I 9 11-1 J sllght curve, While thetrayis curvedlongi- ,tudin'ally 011.- a gradiusg of about" one-fourth a i qr y sh wn; i. Fig-, i2=is' it ble fireedec e r wshionetipw m y el ebemat h ng pnl h i ur ac up'en wh hathe being:p f e lyjof bber Q h lik-:5 Ext d ng upwar y f o h y; 'e

e c d ndrormedwithpr fixe thereoiin I i any preferred manner, areaQpairlof opposed fe spaced p r e up i hts fie 16'- spectively Theseuprights' are preferably inc h he n t y en er then-at hee de A afitaihedLtd; e ba e e tr y- 5 th ugh t r medi of zre becl, extens s O- which areextended through and {riveted $912 t e .bot-

tom of the tray a'sshown' atllth'us provid- 1 7 .ing a firniattachmen'tbetween the uprights my her y'thenPr ieressepported to Withstand. thenecessary "strain 1n- .cidentto thejeleaningi of co'mbs,-,Whi l'e thebending or curving "of the base or otray iip wardly at thev center andproviding ta flange entirfely aro-iind the saine,vnot only strength-' nsi he r yo r i -St a n n d t t iithe Ql ng pe a b tl o Pr ve t th di t Ind, foreign .matter from; falling oil of; the

' Connecti g the opposite pairsof uprights{Barenotchedspacingandguiderede l2andgd re t yb n et i d sp ed f omitheg k fqie lat;the r ends. in. th l 'lp htnear h a e r treyynd r pif viekl" 1 Seri s e es t en. Qfa' lr rvh r ter eh rods as shown at 16,-while the endsof the strands are guided over the rods and equidistantlyspaced apartthrough the nstrumentality of the grooves of recesses"therein,

the single section of Wire producingnsaid strands being looped or rebentat each end as shownat 17 and saidloops being; engaged around a seriesof pegs or pins 18- projecting angularly in a downward directionfi'oiii'-taining the cleaningstrands'or Wire's under i that t1'1ewiresiwigreasewhich will be removed or ca tension, be extended through one i of theuprights as sho'ivn at 21 and'abracketplate 22 is secured to the outerface of said upright as shown at 23 over the end portion 21 of saidshaft 13 toturn freely through an aperture-in the bracketplatei A Wormgear is fixed to the end 21 of said shaft and the bracket-plate isprovided with a pair of apertured ears 25 carrying a vo-rm shaft 26which is held" from translation in saidxears as bearings, but which isadapted to, be turnedfthrough themedium of a key or finger-piece 27mounted on the free end of the norm shaft. "111. this manner the shaft13 to Which the Worm gearis operatively connected, may be turned fordraw- 'ing the Wires taut and keeping the same under tension;

Positioned at. the upper ends of the up riglits are inwardly facinglongitudinal, grooved guideivays28 produced by horizontally flangedpieces formed With or secured to the uprights and projecting outwardlytherefrom toward the ends of the tray as' is clearly illustrated. Theseguideways each' accommodate the head portions 29 of brushes havingthebristle portions 30 there ofivired tot-he heads as shown at 3 1- andextending inward-1y; in opposite I directions toward each other abovethe deanin wires or strands fso as to be c'oi'ita'cted by the comb whenthe latter is movedtovvardthe ends of the cleaner-for removin theforeign matter fromthe coinlo'." Iri thei 'tise 'of aie'deviee, thecomb-is en'- g'aged with the wires at the cross i port-ions thereof "we:moved reward either 'endkso I g crape the side portions of the teeth andthereby{loosen*the dirt-and ied oif bythe brush and deposited in meaty.By engagingthe' eembemrmdfing it te the spacing aiidiguide-rods.

the brushes are to remain flush at the back addition toinsurean-absolutely sanitary ard the opposite ends, both sidesof thecomb will be cleaned. For a medium size fine-comb,- the brushes can bemoved longitudmally 1n their giudeways or put forward toward the centeras far as possible so as at the base ends thereof Where engaged over 7For a coarse comb the brushes areto be flush with the back portions or"tl'idguides so that, the

'bristlesivill hardly extend over the wires and where the combisrouiided, as for; instance, coarse rounded tooth ladys omb,

and thefcomb should be 'zig-Zagged across the cleaning Wires at It spulledalong the sameih either direction so that the ires will come incontact with the teeth on all sides in addition" to moving the comb upand down to efficiently clean it. The w1r s at the terminals or spacingrods are preferably madetwvelve' to the incha'nd crossed 'atthe r centerfor "ordinary" combs and the devibe may be made 1n different styles"varying the spacing of-the ivires for finefl'c'ombs to about tenty-fotir to the inch, and for" ladies or other coarse combs,abouteight to the inch,

so as to accommodateboth coarse and fine combs; The base andotherfpa'rts maybe made of pressed steel or cast iron or otherwise,depending upon the-cost of production and-sale price, and'i sveryeilieient foriusc in barber shops, as the comb can be cleaned in; a,ver'y Short intervalof time; and if necessary, sterilized 'or otherwisetreated in condition. i V

From the foregoing description, taken in connection Withthe accompanyingdrawing's'; the advantages of theconstruction and ention'givhat tat r1 0of the method of operation of the 1 device I 'SeCHiEG' by'Let rightshaving notches therein,-

f zontal guides at the upper ends of the upunder tension by rotation; oftheshafts, and

means for anchoring the shafts when adgusted to tenslon the strands.

2. A, comb-cleanercomprising spaced pairs of uprights, rods connectingthe upunder tension, guideways carried by the uprights at the ends ofthe strands, brushesadjustable in said guideways over the latter.

and means for holding the'shafts against movement with the strands undertension.

3. A comb cleaner comprising spaced f supporting members havinguniformly re- '7 cessed tension members, a strand of wire or the likestretched between said tension memhere in zig-zag relation with theendsthereof looped, headed pegs carried by the tension members forengagement by said. looped ends, and br ushes longitudinally adjustableabove the ends of the cleanlng members provided by the strand as and forthe purpose described.

4. A comb. cleaner comprising a flangedftray forming base curvedupwardly at the cular grooves therein, said rods being in. parallelrelation, shafts rotatably supported" in the uprights beneath the rods,pegs car center and towardits ends, spaced parallel i uprights at t endsof h a M X- tending across each pair of uprights and having aseries ofequidistantly spaced cirried by the shafts, a strand ofwire or the likelooped around the pegs and extending over and between. the rods toprovide a series of longitudinal cleaning members arranged'in serieswith the respective pairs disposed in opposite divergent relation,horirights. and facing inwardly in opposed rela- "tion, brushes havingheads slidable horizonthe cleaning members with the bristlesof cleaningmembers, under tension;

.5 A. comb f cleaner comprisinga flanged I tray-forming base curvedupwardly'atfithe the brushesextending over the same to vary h the degreeof movement of a comb on said cleaning members with theteeth extendingbetween said members whereby the wires will scrape foreign matter fromsaid teeth,

and meansfor turning one of the shafts to; hold the'strand producingthelongitudinal center and toward its ends, spaced parallel uprights atthe ends of the tray, a rod extending across each pair of uprights andhaving a series of equidistantly spaced cir- II ,cular .groovestherein," said rods being. in parallel relation, shafts rotatablysupported in the uprights beneath the rods, pegs car- 1 if ried .by theshafts, a strandjof wire or the I like looped around the pegs andextending over and between the rods 'to provide a series of longitudinalcleaning members ar- 1 I I ranged in series with the respective pairsjdisposed in crossed divergent relation, hori- I I Zontal guides at theupper ends of thei1p-g rights and facing inwardlyin opposed rela .tion,brushes having heads slidable horizon tally-in said guides andlongitudinally of j the cleaning members with the bristles of thebrus'hesextending over the same to vary thedegree of movement of acombon said between said members whereby the wires will scrape foreignmatter from saidteeth, aset-screw for holding one of said shafts againstturning and a key operated worm cleaning members withthe teeth extendinggear connectedto' the other shaft for turning the latter and; holdingthe cle'aning members-of the strand under tension.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.1

I JOHN G. GLOECKLER. I Witnesses: r

I ta-lly in said guides and-longitudinally of CHAS.ISTOGREFE, FRANKFrsormn;

' copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

I I Washington, D. G. I

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